About the Author

Elsie Ritzenhein, Ed. Sp., is an author, speaker, and respected pioneer in Leadership consulting. She delivers life-changing material to shift clients painlessly towards a new, more fulfilling future. She is a champion of instruction of Leadership Creativity Skills that offer remarkable insights to problem solving. As a co-author of Generative Leadership/Shaping New Futures for Today's Schools (2008), Elsie has been engaged in a variety of educational roles for over fifty years. Her primary interest is generative thinking and action: developing the courage to challenge the status quo in positive, proactive and creative ways. Recent leadership initiatives include professional development for the Alliance for Academic Excellence, creating the Generative Leadership Women's Group, and developing Inside-Out, a program of intensives and retreats for personal and professional growth. Through her personal growth and writing, she shares a deepening resolve to offer challenging, exciting and energizing possibilities to inspire women (and men) who wish to explore their innate creativity. Elsie feels that Creativity is a lost art and wants to give current and future leaders creativity tools for problem solving the issues of today and the future.